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COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

Exercise 37. Put the adjectives from the list into the correct column.

Bored, cheap, flat, pleased, noisy, funny, sad, solid, comfortable, thin, good, short, lazy, expensive, bad, long, kind, easy, fragile, surprising, wet, intelligent, dangerous.

 

+er Double+er -y+ier More irregular
high-higher big-bigger pretty-prettier precious-more precious far-farther
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         

Exercise 38. What is the difference between these things? Write a sentence about each pair using an adjective from the list with –er or more.

Intelligent, loud, dangerous, precious, big, easy, sweet.

Example: a shout and a whisper – A shout is louder than a whisper.

1. diamonds and pearls; 2. a mountain and a hill; 3. people and monkeys; 4. phoning and writing a letter; 5. chocolate and fruit; 6. a lion and a cat;

Exercise 40. Give the comparative and superlative of the following adjectives:

Polite, happy, glad, complete, grey, honourable, shy, dry, just, free, recent, merry, uncom­fortable, joyful, hot, thin, accurate, narrow, real, sweet, right, wicked, yellow, cosy, merciful, bad, fat, cheap, big, clumsy, stupid, far, miserable, narrow, virtuous, simple, regular, expensive, low, deep, sad, significant, bitter, intimate, lazy, old, serious, tiny, clever, little, considerate, good, much, dark, beautiful, dear, fit.

Exercise 42. Complete each sentence with one of the following adjectives in the superlative form.

Dangerous, heavy, deep, tall, long, expensive, old, fast, intelligent, successful, loud, large.

1. George MacAree is ______ man in Britain. He weighs 300 kg.

2. Christopher Greener is Britain’s ______ man – he stands 218 cm.

3. ______ spider is the black widow, whose bite can kill a man in a few minutes.

4. The insect with ______ number of legs is a kind of millipede which has 710 legs.

5. The world’s ______ perfume costs 550 pounds per bottle.

6. ______ part of the Pacific Ocean is 11 kilometres below the surface.

7. Richard Latter, who died in 1914, had ______ beard in the world.

8. ______ of all songwriters have been John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

9. ______ land animal is the cheetah, which can run at nearly100 kilometres per hour.

10. ______ insect, the cicada, can be heard at a distance of 400 metres.

11. ______ sub-human animal on land is the chimpanzee.

12.______ bridge in the world is in Izmir, Turkey. It is more than 2,800 years old.

Exercise 43. Use the adjective in the comparative and superlative degree.

1. His poems are popular (his novels). His poems are more popular than his novels.

2. My room's cold. (the kitchen) _________________________________

3. My garden is nice. (school garden) ______________________________

4. Your hair is dark. (your brother's hair) _____________________________

Exercise 44. Give both comparative or superlative forms where possible.

Example: His brother is talented.

(than he) - His brother is more talented than he.

(person I have ever met) - His brother is the most talented person I

have ever met.

1. His work was careless.

(than mine) ___________________________________________________

(in the class) __________________________________________________

2. Basketball is popular.

(than tennis) __________________________________________________

(in the USA) _________________________________________________

3. This watch is expensive.

(than that one) ________________________________________________

(in the shop) __________________________________________________

4. Tuesday is convenient for me.

(than Friday) _________________________________________________

(of all week-days) _____________________________________________

Exercise 45. Choose the right forms in these sentences. In some cases both forms are right.

1. Is the station much (further/farther)? 2. You'll find the explanation (further/farther) on. 3. Your record is (worse/worst) than mine. 4. It’s the (less/lesser) of two evils. 5. She always wears the (last/latest) fashion. 6. We have no (further/farther) information. 7. Nick skates (good/well). 8. His (latest/last) words were: ‘The end’. 9. It is the (more/most) I can do for you. 10. She is the (oldest/eldest) member of our family. 11. My flat is (littler/smaller) than yours. 12. I've got (less/lesser) patience than you. 13. He is much (older/elder) than his wife. 14. This is the (more/most) beautiful picture I've ever seen. 15. His English is (best/better) than mine. 16. She is (better/best) now.17. It's the (furthest/farthest) point west. 18. It's the (oldest/eldest) building in the city. 19. He's my (older/elder) brother. 20. I'm not hurt in the (least/less)!

Exercise 47. Complete the text. Use a comparative structure (positive or negative) or a superlative structure (+ preposition if necessary).

On the edge of our family of planets, or solar system, is Pluto, which is (cold) the coldest of all the planets and (far)______ the Sun. Surprisingly, (hot) ______ planet is not Mercury although no other planet is (close) ______ the Sun. Mercury, with a surface temperature of about 420 C is (hot) ______ Venus, which has a surface temperature of about 475 C. Mercury is (small) ______ the nine planets and Jupiter is (large) ______ the solar system. Mercury, Mars and Venus are similar to Earth in some ways. Venus is (close) ______ to Earth. However it is less similar to Earth than Mars is. Although Venus is a small planet, it looks (bright) ______ the four large planets. In fact, of all the planets it is (bright) ______ in our sky.

Exercise 48. Using the words from the brackets, make sentences with ever and never according to the examples.

Example: This is the worst/most horrible/best meal I’ve ever eaten.

I’ve never eaten such a bad/horrible/good meal as this.

1. (boring/see) That’s _______ film _______.

2. (uncomfortable/ sit) This is ______ chair ______.

3. (bad/ stay) That’s ______ hotel ______.

4. (lazy/ride) This is ______ horse ______.

5. (rude/ meet) That’s ______man ______.

6. (delicious/eat) This is ______ cake ______.

7. (heavy/see) This is _______ rain ______.

8. (cold/ remember) That’s _______ weather _______.

Exercise 49. Study the following sentences explaining the usage of the article the with the adjectives in the superlative degree. Then write the in the spaces where possible. (sometimes the space should be left empty)

 

This drink is best in cold weather. (It’s not so good in hot weather.)

This drink is the best I’ve ever tasted. (It’s better than other drinks.)

 

This hotel is least expensive in winter. (It’s cheaper than it is in summer.)

This hotel is the least expensive in the town. (It’s cheaper than other hotels.)

 

Most (without the) sometimes has the meaning of nearly all, the majority.

Most cars have four wheels. Most of my friends have cars.

 

Every year millions of people visit Britain as tourists, and ____ most visitors spend some time in the capital, London, which has some of ____ most interesting sights in the world. You can see ____ most of them at any time of the day. The Tower of London is the monument which has ____ most visitors. ____ best time to visit Britain is probably in late spring, summer or early autumn. The weather is ____ best in July and August (although even then it is certainly not ____ best weather in Europe !) However, the museums and monuments are ____ most crowded in August, and London can be unpleasantly hot at this time. So this may be ____ best time to get out of the city and see the rest of the country.

Exercise 50. Write sentences with the words given.

Example: Geneva/one of/modern cities in Europe.

Geneva is one of the most modern cities in Europe.

1. Venice/romantic city/Europe.

2. Paris/beautiful/spring.

3. September/best time/visit India.

4. Australia/hottest when it is winter in Europe.

5. Spain/popular destination for British tourists.

6. Americans, Germans and French people/frequent visitors to Britain.

7. Public transport in London/expensive/Europe.

8. The beaches of Europe/crowded/August.

9. There/something interesting to see/most countries.

 




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